Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s marital woes started during their honeymoon in Italy: source

Cracks first began to appear in the whirlwind romance when the couple jetted off on their honeymoon, according to insiders.

The honeymoon was over just as it started.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s relationship issues began on their honeymoon in Lake Como, Italy, a source familiar with the situation tells Page Six.

The couple’s honeymoon included numerous public outings packed with PDA and shopping — and, yes, there were of course cameras capturing it all.

“He was unhappy with paparazzi following them. She is an international superstar, and he acted like it came as a surprise that they would be followed around,” the source said.

When they weren’t in front of the cameras, “They would barely speak to each other during what was supposed to be the happiest time of their life. He sold her on him being a changed man, and that lasted a very short time,” our source claimed.

Another insider told us Affleck finally came to his senses about their renewed puppy love, once his sobriety “started to settle in with normality.”

The couple at the Venice Film Festival in 2021. Picture: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

Lopez filed for divorce this week. Picture: Michael Tran/AFP

When they started seeing each other again, “He was just getting sober … He was in a vulnerable state, and whatever their chemistry played into that … He was in this frenzied, excitable state,” the insider said.

Affleck has been open about his struggles with alcohol in the past. He’d reportedly last returned to rehab in 2018.

The whirlwind romance soon wore off once he adjusted to his sober life. Affleck started craving more privacy, and he could no longer take Lopez’s level of celebrity, according to the insider. “He doesn’t want [the entourage] and all the drama that comes with that in his home,” the source said.

The reunion of Bennifer a few years ago delighted fans. Picture: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

Meanwhile, sources previously told us he still considered J.Lo’s feelings as their relationship came to an end in recent months.

Sources described him as “very protective of her,” which fuelled his decision to hold off on filing for divorce.

Unfortunately, there was no way of getting around humiliating her. “She’s furious. He has humiliated her. He was the one who initiated getting back together … She made a big deal that he was the love of her life,” a source previously said.

Lopez filed for divorce on Aug. 20, the second anniversary of their Georgia wedding.

Reps for the soon-to-be-divorced pair did not comment.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission.

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